Missing in Action

Fiction - YA, Historical, Kids, Teen, Social Issues
Cover of the book Missing in Action by Dean Hughes, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Author: Dean Hughes ISBN: 9781416999041
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication: February 24, 2015
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Language: English
Author: Dean Hughes
ISBN: 9781416999041
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication: February 24, 2015
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English

Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But things are different after he and his mother move to a small town in Utah to stay with his grandparents during WWII. Jay makes friends and earns money working the fields for his well-respected grandfather—but he encounters a problem in Ken, a fellow worker who’s from the nearby Japanese internment camp. Ken’s a Jap. And Jay’s dad, who’s been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, is missing in action. This moving story about an unlikely friendship deftly addresses themes of prejudice and intolerance, providing readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.

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Dirty. Lazy. Good-for-nothing. Jay Thacker is used to being called names because his dad is half Navajo. But things are different after he and his mother move to a small town in Utah to stay with his grandparents during WWII. Jay makes friends and earns money working the fields for his well-respected grandfather—but he encounters a problem in Ken, a fellow worker who’s from the nearby Japanese internment camp. Ken’s a Jap. And Jay’s dad, who’s been fighting for the navy out in the Pacific, is missing in action. This moving story about an unlikely friendship deftly addresses themes of prejudice and intolerance, providing readers a glimpse of the past that enlightens the present.

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